Uncle Arthur has been listening to Cameron's speech, he seems to have done a good job in cementing his bond with the Tory faithful but surely the job is about crafting a narrative to the nation, it did not appear to do that.
I liked the part where he rejected Utopia, which is welcome from a christian perspective, utopianism is disabling the left and is a dangerous path. Yet, given that the enlightenment framework shapes UK politics to some degree how can the Tories really escape this kind of discourse?
Uncle Arthur thinks the Tory proposals to support married couples are welcome. This is not to say that material wellbeing is needed to regenerate marriage. We have seen UK prosperity rise immeasurably in the last fifty years and this has not necessarily benefitted marriage. It is surely a good thing that the state takes a positive stance on marriage. Labour has done much to support families through social policy and support for children, if it could make the step to be positive about marriage in an explicit sense we could see the party returning to it's roots. Sadly, I will not hold my breath. I will however, stay within the party and make the case.
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